Marcus Smart Pledges Celtics Will ‘Fight Every Day’ to Overcome Frustrating Flaw

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Marcus Smart Pledges Celtics Will ‘Fight Every Day’ to Overcome Frustrating Flaw


By Steve Bulpett
Updated May 4, 2023 at 10:38am



BOSTON — If you don’t like Marcus Smart, you may want to turn away now. Reading on may cause deep affection for the Celtics‘ Tasmanian devil.

The latest merit badge has nothing to do with his 15-point hustle-filled effort in Wednesday’s 121-87 Game 2 victory over the Sixers in Round 2 of the NBA playoffs. It came at the end of a conversation with Heavy Sports in which Smart insisted he wasn’t afraid the Celts would handle prosperity poorly and get into trouble when the series shifts to Philadelphia.

He was reminded of the Three Stooges episode when Moe asks Larry if he’s scared. Larry says he’s just apprehensive. Asked what that means, Larry says, “It means you’re scared — with a college education.”


The fact Smart was able to harmonize on that last line will no doubt earn him greater support in this area that embraces the traditional Stooges marathon on New Year’s Eve.

But prior to this dive into the classics, Smart was getting pressed on the Celtics’ habit of letting their collective foot off the gas, as witnessed by their stumbling into a six-game series against Atlanta, when four or, at most, five should have done the trick.

After one denial, he was asked if he’s worried maybe just a liiii-tle bit.

“No,” he told Heavy as he stood by his locker late Wednesday. “I’m not. I’m not worried a little bit. Now, you know, am I aware? Yes. Worried? No. But we’re very aware of it, and we’ve got to fight every day to make sure that we don’t let that creep in. We’ve got to keep going.”


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Marcus was very effective in the post up game. You can just see his strength.